This blog presents news items and resources relating to trial advocacy and the legal system, with a focus on Washington State. It was developed to support the Trial Advocacy Program at the University of Washington School of Law, but now has a broader coverage and a wider audience. In addition to information about trials and trial practice, you'll find notes about appellate practice, the courts, access to justice, and related topics.

Monday, May 21, 2007

You don't often see a story about a CLE in a general news source, but Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett, Crosscut's Oregon editor, covered "Codes and Commands: Emerging Law and Religious Traditions in the Treatment of Animals," a CLE cosponsored by the Oregon Law Institute (Lewis & Clark Law School) and the Institute for Judaic Studies of the Pacific Northwest: Pets, food, and fur: Exploring our affinity for animals can get complicated, Crosscut, May 10, 2007. A central issue is valuation -- how do you mention damages for the loss of a life -- a person's, a dog's, a goldfish's? (Another story about the CLE: All God's creatures, Oregonian, April 28, 2007.)